Quick and Easy Buying Guide
Carat weight: 1 carat = 200 milligrams = 6.5 mm diameter. Doubling weight doesn't double diameter.
Diamond clarity: FL/IF/VVS/VS = super expensive, near perfect. SI = best value if you can check a photo for obvious inclusions (defects).
Color: D-G = colorless, expensive, only if you have money to burn. H-J = best value. Can go lower in gold metal settings than white metal.
Cut: Better cut ratings let more light into a diamond, making it sparkle more. Very important property, don't skimp here.
Set a budget and minimum cut (Premium). Go J color for gold and I/H for white metals. Go searching for SI1/SI2 clarity diamonds at James Allen. Pick a diamond with small/no inclusions. Choose a ring setting and buy it risk-free (60-day returns).
Selected for You: 0.43 Carat H Color SI1 Clarity Ideal Cut Round Cut Diamond
The doubling up of a low-medium priced H color diamond with a very low priced SI clarity rating allows you to use the extra money on things like the wedding or honeymoon, always a plus.
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This diamond's pricetag of $760 means it is firmly in the least expensive group of diamonds that might be used in an engagement ring setting. The SI clarity range (which this SI1 clarity diamond is included in) is the place where bargains are found. Look for a diamond that appears "clean" to the naked eye, either by going over the diamond in person, or by looking at an online enlarged photo of the diamond. To get some additional pointers on the "Thin to medium" girdle of this diamond, check out the article about girdles.
If you are looking at this diamond and thinking to yourself that you want to improve another property of the diamond not related to size, think about downgrading the 0.43 carat size for this diamond to achieve that end.
A H color diamond such as this one is a great compromise between extreme white pureness and budgetary considerations. If you've got some dollars to spend but don't want to splurge unnecessarily, this is a sensible color range to look in.
Many different diamond sellers will provide an Ideal cut diamond cut grading, and these diamonds are almost always (as is the case here) perfect with respect to proportions and the general shape.
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Shape: Round Carat weight: 0.43 Cut: Ideal Color: H Clarity: SI1 Price: $760 Certificate: AGS Depth: 61.6% Table: 55.7% Polish: Ideal Symmetry: Ideal Girdle: Thin to medium Culet: Pointed Fluorescence: None Measurements: 4.83*4.88*2.99 Item number: 1343192 |
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